Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have never had problems with prints from my canon S9000 (same inks etc. as your friend) and I think Canon themselves say 25 years, BUT the new Kodak Professional paper is supposed to be at least 100 years. If you switch to this be sure to download the new drivers for the printer from the Kodak site, and to convert to them before printing. Gerry Jim Christie wrote: > > I have a friend who has been told that her Canon i9900 prints will not > have a quality life beyond 2 or 3 years and she is so upset she is > thinking about buying a new printer. I told her that I didn't think > she should be so worried and that I thought the quality life of an > inkjet photograph had more to do with the ink and paper used. > > > > In fact, I think that if she were to use the high quality Canon > recommended paper along with her normal canon replacement inks that > her prints should have a life approximately equal to other printers of > equal value. Thus, I would think that, if her prints are under glass, > they should have a life of at least 50 or more years. Can any of you > help me with this issue? > > > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Gerry Walden General: www.gwpics.com Stock: www.digitalrailroad.net/gwpics +44 23 8046 3076